Until It's Time for You to Go
1965 song by Buffy Sainte-Marie
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"Until It's Time for You to Go" is a song from the 1965 album Many a Mile by American singer-songwriter Buffy Sainte-Marie. Sainte-Marie included a French-language reworking of the song, "T'es pas un autre", on her 1967 album Fire & Fleet & Candlelight. French translation was made by Quebecer songwriter Claude Gauthier.
| "Until It's Time for You to Go" | |
|---|---|
| Single by Buffy Sainte-Marie | |
| from the album Many a Mile | |
| B-side | "The Flower and the Apple Tree" |
| Released | 1965 |
| Label | Vanguard |
| Songwriter | Buffy Sainte-Marie |
| Producer | Maynard Solomon |
| "Until It's Time for You to Go" | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
One of sides of the US single picture sleeve | ||||
| Single by Elvis Presley | ||||
| from the album Elvis Now | ||||
| A-side | "We Can Make the Morning" (double A-side) | |||
| Released | January 4, 1972 | |||
| Recorded | May 16, 1971 | |||
| Studio | RCA Studio B, Nashville | |||
| Genre | Pop | |||
| Label | RCA Victor | |||
| Songwriter | Buffy Sainte-Marie | |||
| Elvis Presley singles chronology | ||||
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The song has been recorded by many other singers.[1]
Background
The lyrics concern an ordinary man and woman who love each other, but cannot stay together because they come from different worlds. The singer asks their lover: "Don't ask why / Don't ask how / Don't ask forever / Love me now." According to Sainte-Marie, the song "popped into my head while I was falling in love with someone I knew couldn't stay with me."[2]
"The Flower and the Apple Tree"
Featured as a B-side to the Sainte-Marie's single release of "Until It's Time for You to Go" is the rarity "The Flower and the Apple Tree", an original song that was exclusive to the single.[3]
Notable cover versions
- It was a UK Top 20 hit for British group the Four Pennies in 1965.[4]
- In 1969, Neil Diamond released a cover that went to No. 11 on the US Easy Listening chart and No. 53 on the US Hot 100 the following year.[5] Record World said that "Neil Diamond has done a beautiful job" with the song.[6] Billboard called it "one gem of a performance".[7] Cash Box called it "a splendid reading with the velvet style polished by 'Holly' and 'Caroline.'"[8]
- In 1972, Elvis Presley released the song, which peaked at No. 40 on the US Hot 100, and No. 9 on the US Easy Listening chart.[9]
- In 1973, New Birth featuring future Supremes member Susaye Greene recorded a version of the song, which peaked at No. 21 on the US Hot Soul Singles chart.[10]